CVE-2021-40723

MEDIUM

Adobe Acrobat < 20.001.30020 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat < 20.001.30020
adobe/acrobat_dc < 21.001.20135
adobe/acrobat_reader < 17.011.30190
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc < 21.001.20135
Published Sep 07, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026